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Game designer James Portnow speaks in the Whittenberger Auditorium last year as part of the IU Media School speaker series. This year, the speaker series features Bruce Joel Rubin, Paula Apsell, Douglas Hamilton and Margaret Sullivan.

Media School fall speaker series brings 'Nova' producers and Washington Post columnist

By Adele Poudrier · Sunday, Oct. 8,2017 7:27 p.m.

"Nova" producers and Washington Post columnist are part of the Media School's fall speaker series.

How the Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed connects to IU

By Emily Abshire · Sunday, Oct. 8,2017 7:26 p.m.

An unlikely 1987 class visit and a 2017 alum's biography link the Velvet Underground's legendary frontman to IU.

Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast performs Thursday night at the Bishop Bar. Zauner, who also performs with Little Big League, released her second album as Japanese Breakfast, "Soft Sounds from Another Planet," on July 14.

Japanese Breakfast performs at Bishop

By Lauren Fazekas · Friday, Oct. 6,2017 1:30 a.m.

Japanese Breakfast headlines a sold-out show at the Bishop Bar on Thursday.

Marcus Kearns, Ali Lidbury, Henry McDaniel, Michael Sheehan and Carina Lastimosa act in "Beating a Dead Horse." Bloomington Playwrights Project will put on the play, directed by Ivey Lowe, Sept. 28-Oct. 14.

'Beating a Dead Horse' opens Bloomington Playwrights Project's season

By Clark Gudas · Friday, Oct. 6,2017 12:55 a.m.

“Beating a Dead Horse” is in its first-ever fully staged production.

COLUMN: Waitangi is the birthplace of modern New Zealand

By Dominick Jean · Friday, Oct. 6,2017 12:55 a.m.

Travel columnist Dominick Jean discoveries similarities between the history of New Zealand and America.

COLUMN: The only problem with college dating is its clothes

By Brielle Saggese · Friday, Oct. 6,2017 12:54 a.m.

Dating in college may be your smartest fashion moment.

Third-year graduate student Patty Gonzalez of Ballet Folklorico performs as the group begins to draw a crowd during the Hispanic Heritage Month-themed First Thursday festival in the Fine Arts Plaza. Inclement weather forced acts such as the IU Soul Revue and IU Contemporary Dance to take their performances to Neal-Marshall Grand Hall and the School of Public Health.

October First Thursday Festival celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

By Andrew Williams · Friday, Oct. 6,2017 12:19 a.m.

Sidney Bolam uses a dremel tool to carve a heron into limestone at her studio, Bohemian Hobbit Studio. Bolam is part of the Back Roads of Brown County Studio Tour, which runs Oct. 1-31 and features over 20 artists.

Brown County art studios open to the public for October

By Adele Poudrier · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2017 11:46 p.m.

The Back Roads of Brown County Studio Tour returns until Oct. 31.

Michelle Zauner, creator of the solo experimental pop project Japanese Breakfast, released her second album "Soft Sounds From Another Planet" in July. Japanese Breakfast will perform at the Bishop Bar on Oct. 5.

Japanese Breakfast to perform at the Bishop Bar on Oct. 5

By Katie Chrisco · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2017 11:43 p.m.

Japanese Breakfast will perform at the Bishop on Oct. 5.

Which fall TV pilot should you watch?

By IDS staff · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2017 11:41 p.m.

This quiz will tell you what fall TV pilot you should watch.

Salted chocolate chip cookies can be made with tahini, a sesame paste often used in Middle Eastern dishes.

COLUMN: Take a chance on tahini

By Rachel Rosenstock · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2017 11:39 p.m.

Incorporate a new ingredient into your kitchen – try two recipes with tahini.

Dominique Fishback stars in the HBO show “The Deuce." Fishback, who is a Pace University graduate, plays a prostitute named Darlene on the show.

COLUMN: An interview with Dominique Fishback from HBO's "The Deuce"

By Jesse Pasternack · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2017 11:38 p.m.

The Indiana Daily Student spoke with "The Deuce" actress Dominique Fishback.

The folk band Shovels and Rope includes married couple Micheal Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. The duo will perform at the Buskrik-Chumley Theater on Oct. 4.

Married duo to perform at Buskirk-Chumley Theater

By Katie Chrisco · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2017 8:23 a.m.

Folk band "Shovels and Rope" will perform at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Oct. 4.

COLUMN: Kinsey Confidential answers question about volume of ejaculate

By Kinsey Confidential and Debby Herbenick, PhD · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2017 8:23 a.m.

Kinsey Confidential answers a question about ejaculation.

Joshua Byron created the web series IDLE COSMOPOLITAN. It will be released Oct. 5, with a screening at Planet 9 in Bloomington on Nov. 1.

Have an "Idle Cosmopolitan" while you watch this fascinating web series

By Jesse Pasternack · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2017 8:22 a.m.

Column about IU alum Joshua Byron's new webseries.

Daniel Weddle's tiny house sits in a construction warehouse off 11th Street. The project was commissioned to be placed on a southern Indiana farm, and can be both mobile and permanently set.

Bloomington tiny home company to be featured on HGTV

By Gillian Paxton · Monday, Oct. 2,2017 11:14 p.m.

The IU alumnus-owned company Carpenter Owl will be featured in November.

Professor Marcos Vieira Lucas, visiting Fulbright Chair of Music from the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, gives a lecture and presents a screening of his opera, "Stefan and Lotte in Paradise," Monday night. Professor Lucas is also a composer at the Jacobs School of Music.

"Stefan and Lotte in Paradise" presented themes of estrangement and exile

By Clark Gudas · Monday, Oct. 2,2017 11:11 p.m.

Visiting Professor Marcos Lucas from Brazil presented his co-written opera on Monday.

Cardinal Spirits recently began offering brunch on weekends. The Porchetta Benedict, one of the dishes offered on the brunch menu, consists of two poached eggs, porchetta (pork roast) and Mornay sauce (rich cream-based sauce) over two house English muffins.

COLUMN: Cardinal Spirits brunch is a must-try

By Katie Chrisco · Monday, Oct. 2,2017 11:11 p.m.

Cardinal Spirits recently expanded its menu to include brunch.

Miley Cyrus released her sixth album, "Younger Now," Sept. 29. The album is her first full-length album since 2015's "Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz."

Miley Cyrus returns to her country roots and produces subpar album

By Hannah Reed · Monday, Oct. 2,2017 11:10 p.m.

Cyrus' "Younger Now" is full of generic, similar sounding songs.

IU President Michael McRobbie greets John Cleese on Sunday afternoon at the IU Auditorium. John Cleese was a member of Monty Python, one of the most prolific comedy groups in history.

John Cleese talks Monty Python and criticizing politicians at the IU Auditorium

By Katelyn Haas · Monday, Oct. 2,2017 1:10 a.m.

Cleese sat down with IU President Michael McRobbie on Sunday for a talk on comedy and politics.

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